Giovanni Trapattoni

[sandman]

I really like this fella, great record, I think that England may have missed out.

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[carl_feedthegoat]

Another Italian for England ?

No thanks.

[Green & Blue]

Top top manager but he has his work well and truly cut out for him with the current crop of irish players.

[avoidconfusion]

Loved his outburst at Bayern Munich!

[Goataldo]

Reminds of too much of Lloyd Bridges.

[Ted Hughes]

Reminds of too much of Lloyd Bridges.

I've thought that too, especially when Henry handled that ball: " Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue.."

[sandman]

Reminds of too much of Lloyd Bridges.

I've thought that too, especially when Henry handled that ball: " Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue.."

I always think of him as Don Trapattoni.

[Dubciteh]

Seriousley?

this guys living in the stone age! funily he was manager of Juve when we beat them in 76.

mancini reminds me of him similar sort of negative tactics.

[guv111]

Personally, I find these cosy tête-à-têtes sickly in the extreme. I'm reminded of how certain people are treated with mindless levels of reverence whilst others, more deserving of praise, are given unrestrained grillings. Irish television is a weird place, where being affiliated in some way to Ireland makes you impervious to any criticism, while no holds are barred in vilifying the English - you need look no further than RTE's coverage of the last World Cup to see how that is self evident.

Just to clarify: the above "interview" is sickly and pathetic.

[sandman]

I thought it was a decent interview, obviously they are not going to slag him off or ask awkward questions because they like him, he's doing a decent job and he doesnt speak good english.

He is a successful manager, his record is fantastic, I couldnt care less that he won a lot decades ago, he still knows how to win. Plus International football is nothing like premiership, you have to play quality football rather than fast and physical games, hence why England are always so poor. Trapattoni is from a good footballing generation.

[Wex]

That interview is on a Friday night chat show carried out by someone who has little knowledge of sport and even less knowlege of football so he was never going to get a hard time. Leaving football aside Trapattoni seems to be a likeable person and cannot be faulted but on the football side he has and continues to come in for plenty of criticism and none more so than after the Russia game last friday which has to be one of the worst, most one dimensional performances by an Irish side in years.

[Original Dub]

Personally, I find these cosy tête-à-têtes sickly in the extreme. I'm reminded of how certain people are treated with mindless levels of reverence whilst others, more deserving of praise, are given unrestrained grillings. Irish television is a weird place, where being affiliated in some way to Ireland makes you impervious to any criticism, while no holds are barred in vilifying the English - you need look no further than RTE's coverage of the last World Cup to see how that is self evident.

Just to clarify: the above "interview" is sickly and pathetic.

Awh boo hoo mate.

If you're trying to make a case for ANY of the English media's coverage during the world cup (or ANY football show full stop) ahead of the coverage over here, then you're deluded.

But you're right, most of the world do seem to love the Irish.

I think its because we have them all fooled.